The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-04

of Nova Scotia to euperintend
1 the fishing operations and hear
and examine into any cases of
dispute which mig arse. 1t is also
suggested that fishing vessels of the
| United States are to have in Canadian
ports the same privileges as other
vessels, including the purchase of bait
and other supplies. and that the govern
ment OF Great Britain is to release all
United States fishing vessels now under
seizure for failing to report at the
custom houses and TO refund all fines
l. exacted for such failure
A copy of this dispatch was duly for
warded to Canada and under date
OF December 28tb, Lord Lansdowne
forwarded the reply of the Canadian
government. With regard 10 the first
article in Mr.. Bayard's proposal. it
says: This reservation involves the
surrender of the exclusive right of fish,
ing in bay 8 which have hitherto been re-
garded as beyond all question within
the territory waters of Canada.
such. for instance, as the right
of fishing in inner waters of
Bale Bes Chaleures at points forty or
fifty miles from its mouth, which,
roughly sreaking, mny be said to be
less than twenty miles wide at its open
ing. Article . of the memorandum
prejudges in favor of the United States
one OF the most important points which
have been in dispute, by deciding ad-
versely to the Canadian construc-
ton which is to be placed
upon the imperial and Canadian
statutes. the proper Interpretation
of which is at this moment the subject
OF litigation before the Canadian
courts"
Article 8 was objected to as likely to
lead TO frustrating the ends of justice.
Article prejudged in favor of the
United States an important ques-
ton, which has arisen as to the com
mercial privileges to which the United
States fishing vessels are entitled while
IN Canadian waters. The history of the
negotiations which preceded the con-
vention Of 1918 makes it perfectly clear
that the purchase OF b it was not one
of the purposes from which it was
intended that the United States
fishing vessels should have a right to
enter Canadian waters. Il is pr , ,sed
by Mr.. BayaTd, in the article under con-
sideration. that this point also should
be de cided n anticipation against the
Dominion, without further discussion.
- tloCA A1tASiO - IL 10 JudU llI6
seizures and detentions which have
taken place during the past season, in
consequence of Noncompliance by
United States fishermen with the Gus
toms laws of Canada, have in all cases
involved violation of the treaty Of
1918 by the Canadian authorities and
the Canadian government was in
effect asked before going into
court to plead guilty to all the
counts contained in this part
of the Indictment against the United
States. Then Mr.. Bayard's proposal
amounts to this, that the government
of the Dominion is to submit it's con-
duct IN the past and its rights in the
future to an arbitraInent commission
without any assurance whatever that
the recommendation of that commits
sion are likely to be accepted by
Congress, and that before the inquiry
commences it IS to place upon recol an
admission that it has been in the wrong
upon all the most important points in
the controversy. Such an admission
would involve public remuneration of
substantial and valuable rights and
privileges for all time, without any sort
OF equivalent as compensation.